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Fusion and Fission Control of Picoliter‐Sized Microdroplets for Changing the Solution Concentration of Microreactors
Author(s) -
Takinoue Masahiro,
Onoe Hiroaki,
Takeuchi Shoji
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201000945
Subject(s) - microreactor , microfluidics , fusion , chemistry , materials science , chemical engineering , chromatography , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , catalysis
A method for changing the solution concentration of microreactors employing picoliter‐sized water‐in‐oil microdroplets based on electrofusion and hydrodynamic fission of microdroplets in a microfluidic channel is described. Carrier droplets change the concentration of reactor droplets without changing the reactor droplet volume. This system realizes chemical experiments requiring solution concentration change in microdroplets.